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megabase pair

megabase pair noun: one million base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).

Noun

megabase pair (plural megabase pairs)

  1. One million base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).

Forms of megabase pair

pluralmegabase pairs

Origin of megabase pair

From mega- + base pair.

Questions about megabase pair

What does megabase pair mean?
Megabase pair means one million base pairs in succession (used as a measure of the size of a nucleic acid or a gene).
What part of speech is megabase pair?
Megabase pair is a noun.
What is the plural of megabase pair?
The plural of megabase pair is megabase pairs.

Words near megabase pair in the dictionary

  1. megabar
  2. megabarn
  3. megabarns
  4. megabars
  5. megabase
  6. megabase pair
  7. megabase pairs
  8. megabasepair
  9. megabasepairs
  10. megabases
  11. megabash

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